Diamond mine hit by second Attawapiskat blockade
About a dozen Attawapiskat residents launched a second blockade on an ice road leading to the De Beers diamond mine Sunday.
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Saskatoon police investigate starlight tour allegation, alleged victim can't remember much
Saskatoon police are investigating a claim that a man was taken on a starlight tour by officers resulting in him being hospitalized.
Brandon starlight tour claim false but man says police did call him 'dirty Indian'
Brandon police have asked an outside police force to look into allegations made on social media that their officers took an Aboriginal man on a “starlight tour” on the weekend despite the man saying he made the claim up.
Attawapiskat chief begins first day of hunger strike with sacred fire, sweetgrass, tobacco
With the crescent moon still gleaming like an icy scar cut into the pre-dawn darkness, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence walked toward the sacred fire on Victoria Island to wait for the sun on her first day of the hunger strike.
"We are nations," says AFN candidate Gabriel
Perhaps best known for her role as spokesperson during the 1990 Oka Crisis, Ellen Gabriel said Canada must change the way it deals with First Nations.
New homes for Attawapiskat await ice road
Families in Attawapiskat are anxiously awaiting the arrival of new homes.